Krishna said the program has been so successful so far that city staff may begin applying its lessons to mainstream permit applications before the one-year pilot officially ends.
Larry Clay, president of Clay Construction, is pleased with the program so far.

He said he is used to waiting eight to 12 months for permits but has put three projects through ASAP in about 12 weeks each.

“It’s affordability for homeowners, and secondly it’s really difficult to run a small business when you are waiting so long,” Clay said. “I know builders and designers who have said, ‘we are not going to work in the City of Vancouver any more.’ We are trying to … fix this problem.”

He said the results from ASAP have been “a huge improvement” and he’s hopeful it can be scaled up and involve more developers.

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